Reddit mentions of The Book of Word Records: A Look at Some of the Strangest, Shortest, Longest, and Overall Most Remarkable Words in the English Language

Hello, Cracked writer here.

I understand some of the frustration you feel, but I don't fully agree with your conclusions. I have done the Cracked list and it is a great launching off point for writing.

The format may be similar, but because it is popular and smarter than Buzzfeed or the many Buzzfeed knock-offs, it opens a lot of doors. I used my Cracked resume to get into contact with Fox Studios, and as a result I have had two seasons of a college sports web series called Suit Up, the second season now airing on DirecTV's Audience Channel.

There are several writers for the site who have gone on to be published. Among them

• David Wong - John Dies at the End; This Book is Full of Spiders
  
  
• Daniel O'Brien - How to Fight Presidents
  
  
• Kathy Benjamin - Funerals to Die For
  
  
• Gladstone Notes from the Internet Apocalypse
  
  
• Jacopo della Quercia The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy
  
  
• Robert Brockway Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead
  
  
• Asher Cantrell - The Book of Word Records
  
  
• Shelby Fero - Writer for @midnight
  
  In addition, if you go into the Lounge section of the forum you will find threads about other sites that pay and offer other types of writing. I wrote for Playboy's The Smoking Jacket for a while.
  
  Overall Cracked has made me a much better writer and prepared me for receiving feedback, collaborating with other authors and building credentials. It's not the end all, be all of crafting great writers, but it is a rare gem that it is a site that allows anyone to sign up, contribute whatever weird or obscure knowledge and get an article before hundreds of thousands to millions of readers, all while giving far more attention to developing writing far more than other sites.